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There are emerging data revealing disparities in serious illness care for patients with advanced liver disease. Although liver disease is the 11th leading cause of death overall in adults in the United States, it is the 4th and 7th leading cause of dea… Continue reading →

The human gut microbiome has been linked to numerous digestive disorders, but its metabolic products have been much less well characterized, in part due to the expense of untargeted metabolomics and in part to the lack of ability to process the data. I… Continue reading →

Current colorectal cancer (CRC) screening recommendations take a one-size-fits-all approach using age as the major criterion to initiate screening. Precision screening that incorporates factors beyond age to risk stratify individuals could improve upon… Continue reading →

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Aberrant epigenetic events mediated by histone methyltransferases and demethylases contributes to malignant progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the role of the histone demethylase ubiquitously transcribed tetratricopeptide repeat on chromo… Continue reading →

Despite therapeutic advances, effective treatments for chronic constipation remain an unmet need. The vibrating capsule is a non-pharmacologic, orally-ingested, programmable capsule that vibrates intraluminally to induce bowel movements. We aimed to de… Continue reading →